The Sookie Stackhouse Companion

by Charlaine Harris

  Bellefleur, Caroline Holliday: After the death of her son and his wife, Caroline Holliday Bellefleur raises her two grandchildren, Andrew and Portia. Beset by shrinking finances, the Bellefleur family home, Belle Rive, has fallen into disrepair, and Caroline is extremely pleased by a legacy from an unknown relative that allows her to restore Belle Rive to its former glory. When she finally discovers, on her deathbed, that Bill Compton is her great-grandfather and arranged the bequest, she reacts with humor, grace, and gratitude.

  Her last bequest is to leave the recipe of her famous chocolate cake to the town so the legacy of Caroline Holliday Bellefleur, once one of Renard Parish’s finest cooks, lives on in the kitchens and dining rooms of Bon Temps. (FDTW; dies DITF; mentioned LDID, CD, DTTW, DD, ATD, DR)

  Bellefleur, Halleigh Robinson: When Andy asks Halleigh, a teacher at Betty Ford Elementary, to marry him, her one condition is that they not live at Belle Rive but instead find their own home. They do buy a small house, the old Wechsler place, but a pregnant Halleigh still helps care for her grandmother-in-law at Belle Rive in Caroline’s final days. Halleigh and Andy find that they are expecting a daughter and decide to name her Caroline Compton Bellefleur. (DAAD, DD, ATD, FDTW, DAG, DITF; mentioned DR, IIHAH)

  Bellefleur, Terry: Terry Bellefleur, cousin of Andy and Portia, is a Vietnam veteran who paid dearly for doing his duty for his country. Held as a POW for two years, he is scarred both mentally and physically. Terry functions best in simple situations but doesn’t mind hard work, doing odd jobs around town such as tearing down Sookie’s kitchen when it burns, as well as standing in for Sam as bartender at Merlotte’s and cleaning the bar after hours to supplement his government pension.

  Terry loves training and breeding his Catahoula hunting dogs, and when Sam turns into a collie during the Great Reveal, he takes it all in stride, certain that it is one of the reasons he has always gotten along so well with his bartending boss.

  Terry is playing darts in Merlotte’s when Sandra Pelt enters to kill Sookie. Sam passes Terry the baseball bat from behind the bar. Terry knocks Sandra out but reacts horribly to the sight of blood. As Sookie comforts him, he tells her that “the shining one” and “that big blond one” told him to watch over her in exchange for ridding him of his nightmares and protecting his beloved dog. (DUD, LDID, DTTW, DAAD, L, FDTW, DAG, DITF, DR; mentioned CD, ATD, IIHAH)

  Bellenos (elf): No other name given. The night watchman at Hooligans has the sharp pointy teeth of his species, cannot pass as human, and doesn’t even try. When Dermot is attacked and injured by Kelvin and Hod, Sookie calls Claude, but Bellenos answers and comes in his place. He treats Dermot by breathing into him, sharing his breath to heal him. Once Dermot has recovered enough, Bellenos joins him in the hunt for the two men who attacked him, and the two soon return to Sookie’s house with Kelvin’s and Hod’s heads. They then take the heads to Monroe to show the other fae, having already destroyed the bodies. (DR)

  Bernard (vampire): No last name given. Also known as Curly, he is one of Russell’s many male guests. “Cute as a bunny” Bernard asks Sookie to dance at Josephine’s, but his real attention is reserved for Eric, with whom he spends part of the night locating a car for Sookie to use to rescue Bill (unbeknownst to Bernard, of course). When Eric returns to give Sookie the keys to the car, he is sporting a hickey on his neck, courtesy of Bernard. (CD)

  Bettina (unspecified shifter): No last name given. Head of the shifter paramedics working at the Pyramid of Gizeh during the Rhodes summit, Bettina looks like a honey bear (Sookie thinks she could indeed be one). She feels it’s a privilege to take care of Quinn after he takes the arrow thrown at Sookie by Kyle Perkins. (ATD)

  Beverly: No last name given. Clarice Hospital nurse Beverly is in Merlotte’s the night that Claude and Claudine come by to see Sookie, and she makes plans to go watch Claude strip at Hooligans. (FDTW)

  Biker Babes (unspecified shifters): A Texas motorcycle group with customized jackets. Three of its members, including Brenda Sue, arrive to provide protection at the Lisle-Merlotte rehearsal and wedding. One of the Babes works with Luna to remove the memory chip from Sarah Newlin’s camera. (STW)

  Bill Compton’s house: The Compton family home in Bon Temps reverts to Bill when his descendant, Jessie Compton, dies. Set back from the road on a knoll with a view of the cemetery and surrounded by azalea bushes, the two-story house has undergone renovations since Bill moved in, including new wiring; new wallpaper; refinished hardwood floors; a remodeled, albeit downsized, kitchen; and a luxurious first-floor bathroom with both a stand-alone shower and a hot tub surrounded by a cedar deck. Lacking a basement because of the high water table, the house does boast a light-tight crawl space that can be used as a daytime resting place. The bedrooms, which are rarely used, are all on the second floor. Although modernized, the house retains many old furnishings, including items from Bill’s human life, such as his aunt Edwina’s Spanish shawl. (DUD, CD, DTTW, DAAD, DITF, DR; mentioned LDID, DD, FDTW, DAG)

  Bill Compton’s strip mall: Shortly after his arrival in Bon Temps, Bill purchases a strip mall near the highway. It houses a number of businesses, including a restaurant, Lalaurie’s, cited as the only fancy restaurant in the town besides the country club dining room; a hair salon called Clip and Curl; and Tara’s Togs, a clothing shop owned by Sookie’s best friend, Tara Thornton. It becomes a source of tension between Sookie and Bill when he tells her he’s set up an unlimited line of credit at the shops for her, which makes her feel like she’s being kept. (LDID)

  Bison shifter: No name given. A patron at Josephine’s on the night Sookie is staked, the bison lumbers past Russell’s limo as they are stopped at an intersection. (CD)

  Black Moon Productions: Affiliated with Blue Moon Entertainment, Black Moon Productions is the side of the company that handles more adult entertainment, involving both humans and vampires and a willingness to have sex in public. (Mentioned ATD)

  Blanchard, Ben: Ben, Sookie’s maternal grandfather, dies of a stroke while Sookie is in her teens. (Deceased; mentioned CD)

  Blanchard, Olivia: Sookie’s maternal grandmother, Olivia, dies of an overdose of sleeping pills about a year after her husband’s death. It’s suspected her overdose was not an accident. (Deceased; mentioned CD)

  Blood in the Quarter, the: After the vampires revealed their existence to the world, this was the first hotel in the world that catered exclusively to vampires. Located in the middle of the French Quarter, it features light-tight rooms and anything else that a traveling vampire might need. Bill stays there while in New Orleans on business. (DUD)

  Blue Moon Entertainment: Affiliated with Black Moon Productions, Blue Moon Entertainment is a dance company that specializes in human/ vampire dance teams. Sean O’Rourke and Layla Larue Lemay, professional dancers employed by Blue Moon, perform at the Pyramid of Gizeh during the vampire conference in Rhodes. (Mentioned ATD)

  Blythe, Polly: Ceremonies officer of the Fellowship of the Sun in Dallas, Polly helps arrange the planned self-immolation of Godfrey and the forced immolation of Farrell in a dawn ritual. When Luna and Sookie escape in Luna’s Outback, Polly and Sarah Newlin pursue them, ramming them with their car and forcing them into an accident. With the help of concerned witnesses, Luna and Sookie are sent to the hospital while Polly and Sarah are questioned by the police. (LDID)

  Bodehouse, Jane: One of Merlotte’s resident alcoholics, Jane tries repeatedly to stay sober and fails. Despite the effects of alcohol on her brain, she is an expert on old-movie trivia and joins in with the other bar patrons and the employees in guessing the answers to Jeopardy! every day. (CD, DAAD, DD, FDTW, DAG, DITF, DR)

  Bodehouse, Marvin: Jane’s son is sadly accustomed to the calls to pick up his mother. Having seen the effects of alcoholism, Marvin doesn’t drink. (CD, DD)

  Boling: No first name given. Shreveport patrolman Boling arrives at the scene of the bitten Were attack on Sookie and Quinn outside the Strand Theatre and insists they go down to the police station
to make statements and fill out a report. (DD)

  Boling, Donny: A member of the Fellowship of the Sun along with his buddy Whit Spradlin, Donny is disgusted and angered the night of the Great Reveal. As a warning to those who fraternize with shifters, he and Whit make plans to crucify Sookie, imitating Crystal’s death although they did not commit that murder. Donny is killed in the shoot-out at Arlene’s trailer. (Dies DAG)

  Bolivar, Anthony (vampire): Anthony worked in a diner during the Depression and still remembers his way around a kitchen, occasionally subbing as a short-order cook at Merlotte’s. (DAAD; mentioned LDID)

  Bond, Hamilton (wolf): Alcide’s childhood friend and neighbor, Hamilton wants to become Alcide’s second. He becomes jealous when Alcide chooses Basim instead. Overhearing Colman offering Basim money to plant a body on Sookie’s property to frame her, Hamilton decides to take advantage of the situation and kills Basim, burying his body on Sookie’s land. He admits his guilt when Sookie confronts him and accepts the judgment of the pack. Assumed deceased. (DITF)

  Book, Katherine (vampire): Appointed by the state of Kansas to supervise the welfare of a preadolescent vampire, lawyer Kate Book fights for the parental rights of his human mother and father, who allowed him to be turned because he suffered from a fatal blood disorder. Although the judges at the summit rule that the legal contract between the sire and the parents be honored, leaving the boy with his maker, Book succeeds in securing enforcement of visitation rights for the parents. (ATD)

  Boom (vampire): No other name given. Boom works for the Rhodes bomb squad and cheerfully carries the Dr Pepper bomb down the stairs of the Pyramid. (ATD)

  Boyle, Mrs.: No first name given. Red Ditch kindergarten teacher Mrs. Boyle is slightly burned out, brisk, and a touch impatient, but not dangerous or malicious. (DR)

  Brazell, Bruno (vampire): Victor’s second-in-command is by his side during the takeover, standing in Sookie’s front yard while Victor negotiates the surrender of Eric and Bill. After the takeover, he continues doing Victor’s biding, lying in wait for Sookie and Pam by the side of the interstate to intercept them as Pam takes Sookie home from Shreveport. Pam dispatches Bruno’s partner-in-crime Corinna while Sookie grapples with Bruno, driving a silver dagger up into his heart. (FDTW; dies DITF; mentioned DR)

  Brenda Sue (unspecified shifter): No last name given. Brenda Sue, a trauma nurse and member of the Biker Babes, arrives with two of her fellow shifter Babes to watch over at the Lisle-Merlotte rehearsal and wedding. (STW)

  Brewer, Dan: Dan Brewer is the head of the Michigan state terrorist task force, investigating the bombing of the hotel in Rhodes. (ATD)

  Brigant, Binne (fairy): Binne is the wife of Dillon and the mother of Claudine, Claude, and Claudette. (Mentioned DAG)

  Brigant, Branna (fairy): Branna is Niall’s first wife and the mother of Dillon. (Mentioned DAG)

  Brigant, Breandan (fairy): Breandan is Niall’s nephew, the son of his departed older brother, Rogan. Since his father’s death, Breandan has been on a mission to eradicate those of mixed fae blood, believing that they dilute the magic of the fae, weakening the race. He is pleased to be able to target Niall’s own descendents. Breandan sends Lochlan and Neave to scout out Bon Temps, where they discover an injured Crystal at Jason’s, take her to Merlotte’s, and crucify her. He has them kidnap Sookie to use as a bargaining chip with Niall, counting on Niall’s love for his great-granddaughter to force him to accede to Breandan’s determination to close off Faery from the human world. Breandan joins the attack on the hospital where Sookie, Bill, and Tray are recuperating after Sookie’s rescue. He evades Eric and beheads Clancy as he goes for Bill. Gathering his strength, Tray grabs at Breandan and is killed by the fairy, who in turn meets his own death from Bill by means of Sookie’s iron gardening trowel. One of Claudine’s knitting needles protrudes from Breandan’s shoulder, a sign that he claimed Claudine and her unborn child as victims on his way into the hospital. (Dies DAG; mentioned DITF, DR)

  Brigant, Dermot (fairy): Niall Brigant’s younger twin son by the human Einin, Dermot defies his father and allies himself with his cousin Breandan, believing Breandan’s philosophy that humans and fairies shouldn’t mingle. He is also implicated in the death of Sookie’s parents. Dermot and his great-nephew, Jason, look very much alike. Dermot is left on the human side when Niall closes Faery. When he finally approaches Sookie, she realizes he is bespelled. He is unable to tell her who put the spell on him as he slips in and out of the confusion caused by the magic. He does tell her he watches over her when he can and that there is another fae on this side who means her harm. He also denies helping to kill her parents and tells her he has come to terms with his half-blood status. Dermot is watching from Sookie’s woods when Alexei attacks Claude and the other fae, Colman. After Alexei is killed, Colman attacks Sookie, only to accidentally kill Ocella instead. Dermot throws a dagger that lodges in Colman’s back, allowing Eric to catch and drain him. Dermot struggles to speak to Claude and Sookie, and they discover that Niall is the one who bespelled his own son. Together they break the spell the old-fashioned way, with a kiss from each, and Dermot’s mind clears. He remains with Sookie and Claude at Sookie’s house, trying to adjust to life on this side. When Claude offends Sookie and is told to move out, Dermot admits that he feels he has no purpose in life and tells her he wishes only to stay with her and finish fixing up her attic, a project he has been tackling with great enthusiasm. He is injured by kidnappers searching for Sookie but recovers after Sookie finds him and sends for the elf Bellenos, who breathes into Dermot to heal him. The two fae then go on the hunt, returning with the heads of Dermot’s assailants. (DAG, DITF, DR; mentioned FDTW)

  Brigant, Dillon (fairy): Niall’s full-fairy son, Dillon is the product of Niall’s unhappy marriage to his first wife. Dillon is married to Binne and is the father of Claudine, Claude, and Claudette. He has eyes and hair the color of butterscotch. (DAG; mentioned DITF)

  Brigant, Fintan (fairy): The elder of Niall Brigant’s twin sons by the human Einin, half-fairy Fintan meets Adele Stackhouse while she is out in her yard one day and becomes smitten. Adele desperately wants children, but her husband is infertile. Fintan promises her he can and will give her children, and both Corbett and Linda are the results of Adele’s liaisons with the fairy. Fintan visits Adele more than she knows, often appearing as her husband, Mitchell, in order to spend time with her. As a token of his love, he arranges for Mr. Cataliades to deliver a cluviel dor to her after his death.

  Fintan stops seeing his human family soon after the birth of Linda and forbids Niall to visit, fearing they will come to harm. He is killed by Lochlan and Neave, setting in motion Niall’s contact with Sookie. (Deceased; mentioned FDTW, DAG, DITF, DR)

  Brigant, Niall (fairy): Niall is a fairy prince and great-grandfather to Sookie and Jason. His glamour is that of an elegant, handsome older man with green eyes and long, pale gold hair. Like other supernaturals, fairies have interests in a variety of human businesses, including a drug company whose products have uses for the fairies. Niall’s son Fintan tries to keep his human descendants hidden from the fae by ceasing all contact with them, but Niall disregards his son’s decree to stay away and visits Jason as a child, losing interest when he realizes Jason’s complete humanity. When Niall discovers that Sookie has the essential spark, he begins to surreptitiously keep an eye on her, using both Terry Bellefleur and Eric as sources of information. Niall has dinner with her following Fintan’s death.

  Niall expresses distaste for Jason, associating him with another son, Dermot, to whom Jason bears a remarkable resemblance. Although he wants only to know and love his great-granddaughter, Niall brings tragedy and pain to Sookie’s life when her existence becomes known to a faction of fairies led by Breandan, Niall’s nephew, who oppose Niall and the idea of mingling in any way with humans. Niall joins Bill in rescuing Sookie when she is kidnapped and tortured as a means to bring about his surrender. Niall ultimately defeats Breandan. Niall is left as the only
remaining fairy prince, but the experience causes him to question the wisdom of associating with humans, since they end up the worse for the encounter. He decides to close the portals to Faery, more to save humanity from the fae than to save the fae from humanity. Niall was also behind the events at Sookie’s house one Christmas Eve, arranging for a visitor so Sookie wouldn’t be alone. (FDTW, DAG, GW; mentioned DITF, DR)

  Brigant, Rogan (fairy): Niall’s oldest brother. Rogan’s followers claim kinship to the sea, with an affinity to and influence over water. After he goes to the Summerland, his son Breandan tries to kill Sookie because of her fairy blood. (Deceased; mentioned DAG)

  Briscoe, John Robert: Bon Temps insurance agent John Robert’s streak of bad luck with claims has affected him mentally and physically. (L)

  Britlingen Collective, the: What is the law?

  The client’s word.

  MOTTO OF THE BRITLINGEN COLLECTIVE

  Bodyguards from another dimension, Britlingens are reputed to be the best. They must be summoned by a witch, who negotiates a contract with their guild and returns them to their dimension when the contract is fulfilled—and Britlingens always fulfill their contracts.

  Batanya and Clovache are hired by Isaiah, the King of Kentucky, to guard him during the vampire summit in Rhodes. The two Britlingens also have their own novella. (ATD)

  Broadway, Amelia (witch): With her short brown hair and bright blue eyes, Amelia looks like a suburban mom but is actually a practicing witch who owns the apartment building in New Orleans where Hadley lived. When Hadley is killed, Amelia dutifully seals up the apartment with a stasis spell until Hadley’s heir can come to claim her possessions; unfortunately, she inadvertently seals in an unrisen vampire. When he rises and attacks Amelia and Sookie, they manage to escape, although both are injured. Amelia offers to perform an ectoplasmic reconstruction of Hadley’s last moments to find out how and why the new vampire, a Were, was turned. It’s more successful than anyone had anticipated.